GRIFFITH
,
SirJOHN PURSER
(
1848
-
1938
),
civil engineer
;
b. at
Holyhead
,
5 Oct. 1848
, son of the
Rev.WilliamGriffith
(
1801
-
1881
) (q.v.)
He was educated at
Fulneck Moravian school
and
Trinity College
,
Dublin
(
M.A.
); had a very distinguished professional career in
Ireland
(details in
Who was Who
,
1929-40
, and
Times
,
22 Oct. 1938
); was
knighted
in
1911
; and in
1922
became a
Senator
of the
Irish Free State
. He d.
22 Oct. 1938
.
SirJohn
was a
Moravian
, took much pride in his
Welsh
-
Moravian
forbears, and was also a good friend to the small
Welsh Calvinistic Methodist church
in
Dublin
.